RED BLUFF — A portion of Main Street was closed Wednesday afternoon after a man in a wheelchair was struck by a vehicle.

Brenden Medellin, a 19-year-old, was traveling southbound on Main Street in a Chrysler minivan when he hit a 59-year-old man in his power wheelchair crossing the Sycamore Street intersection. Police received word of the crash at 12:43 p.m.

Police are treating the crash on Main Street Wednesday afternoon as a major injury accident. (George Johnston—Daily News)

Police blocked off the lane of Main Street heading towards Ash Street at 12:57 p.m.

The man was transported via ambulance to St. Elizabeth’s Community Hospital with critical injuries then flown by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Redding as police were conducting their investigation. Red Bluff Police Lt. Matt Hansen said the driver will likely be found at fault for the crash. Neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to have played a factor in the incident.

The lane was reopened around 2 p.m. after officers had finished collecting evidence and information, according to scanner traffic.